Hi Dave, Am 10.04.20 um 13:02 schrieb Dave: > My response is in-line with your original post. > > On 10/04/2020 10:02, Peter Kovacs wrote: >> I do some user help stuff on Facebook, and learn by that more about >> using OpenOffice. (I do not have much Office needs in my private live.) >> >> However there is in Calc the option to Format a cell. For instance if I >> want to set a Cell to be of text Format I do: >> >> 1) Right click the cell >> >> 2) select format cell option >> >> 3) The config window will open and claim you are on the number Tab. > That is only true if the "Format Cells" dialog has not been opened > previously with another tab selected, otherwise the previously selected > tab will be reselected. > >> 4) you select then in the Category Window the Format type i.e. "text> Now >> why is the tab called number? I am irritated by this. For me it is >> an oxymoron. > No, because a cell in a spreadsheet would in most instances contain a > numeric value (eg. Numbers, Percentage, Currency, Date, Time, etc.) that > could be used in a calculation. Which is what appears in the "Category" > list, plus the option to treat the cell(s) as non-numeric plain text. > >> Does anyone remeber the thinking behind this or has it been always like >> this and I just never knew. > To the best of my recollection it has been this way since Sun open > sourced OOo in 2001. > >> I mean I would not notice it if I had not to describe it to someone else. > Just out of curiosity, what would you consider to be a better > terminology to use for that tab. Obviously the word "Text" would be a > misnomer, since spreadsheet calculations cannot be performed on plain > text, without some form of prior conversion into a numeric format. > >> All the Best >> >> Peter > I would disagree with Pedro's assertion that "developers don't actually > use it and the users are not developers". Apache OpenOffice developers > are, always have been and always will be users, but that's another > debate for different forum.
That's so true! There is no border between users and developers at AOO. Every user can help with development (like I do). They must only have the courage to engage. Regards, Matthias > > Best Regards > Dave > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
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